Tan Aye See, managing director, Asia-Pacific, Savvis
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Q: What was the biggest thing that affected your company this year?
2008 was a great year for Savvis. We grew the number of our data centers globally by 45 percent, ending the year with a total of 29 data centers totalling 1.43 million square feet in space.
We also expanded our data center in Singapore, and launched a data center in Japan.
Is all this news about the recession next year expected to affect Savvis? Or do you expect it to be business as usual? We have already felt the impact of the recession both in our U.S. and Europe operations, mainly with customers who have deferred expansion plans and for those who were unable to ride out the crisis.
While this is an unfortunate result of the recession, it was not completely unexpected. That said, given shrinking budgets and greater economic constraints on data center consumption and space, we are seeing a new customer emerge from the economic crisis--one with a single-minded focus to cut costs and stay financially viable.
What technology innovation or product are you looking forward to next year?
In 2009, we are looking forward to further enhancing our SaaS (software-as-a-service) product to enable fast, economical, and reliable deployment of SaaS applications.
Also, we intend to take utility services and evolve them into enterprise-class cloud computing products. We hope to combine the power of cloud networks with a "pay-as-you-go" service to meet customer requirements.
The biggest challenge for IT departments is...
...dealing with the multiple applications necessary to support their business in a cost-effective manner. Reducing this complexity is the single biggest pain-point for IT departments.
However, emerging technologies and infrastructure models are allowing an increasing number of CIOs to focus on their core business strategies and applications, instead of maintaining their own IT infrastructure.
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